Anyone using the Predator Raptor?

[Hightone]

By George Lesche.

Just want to know what everyone thinks before I look into getting one. My soil is dirt with some clay areas. I have the regular Lesche, but the Raptor looks like it would get the deeper dirt better.

Thanks

Dan

 

[grumpyolman]

Go to the Explorer section and see what Bryce has to say about them. Lots of info there. I also have one. It is absolutely superior if.... the ground is wet/soft something other than baked clay or dry summer dirt. I used mine in the Winter and through the Fall until everything dried out. I sharpened it a bit, but you can cut the three sides and because of the angled handle and width of the blade, you can take one BIG plug in one cut. Then if you have to go deeper, it takes loads of dirt out of the initial hole like crazy. You probably have tried to use the edge of the regular Lesche as a shovel or went in with both hands to remove the stuff you loosened. But summer dry came and then it was back to the regular Lesche. Although I stopped doing plugs early on in the summer because a plug (actually 3- sided flaps) would kill the grass. I figure if somebody knows I hunted there I did it wrong. Jim

 

[Hightone]

Thanks Grumpyolman (I like that). Usually on dry dirt I use my Sampson shovel, but it is much more difficult to lug around. And you're right, the regular Lesche is not the best for getting down more than 4-5 inches. Though the Raptor looks like it could get the deeper dirt, the curved shape and larger mouth of the blade looked to make harder dirt a task.

I think I'm going to get one. If I don't like it, the wife would probably love it for the garden.